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According to deputies, witnesses saw Robert Kelley pick up the soaked packages Thursday morning as they washed up on the shore near Jungle Hut Park in Palm Coast.

The person who called 911 told dispatchers Kelley and others were trying to open and take the bags.

Deputies said when they got to the scene, Kelley did not attempt to tell them he found the drugs. When deputies asked him about it, he pointed it at his car and said he was holding it for them, investigators said.

.@FlaglerSheriff arrested a man they say stole weed that washed up on the beach. Witnesses saw Robert Kelley picked up 11lbs of wet weed & hide it in his trunk under a towel. He told deputies he was holding it for them. pic.twitter.com/hXb4B2O2V2

These are some of the drugs that washed up in Flagler County. Deputies say they found 13 tightly wrapped bundles. The coast guard says its received reports of drugs washing to from St Augustine to New Smyrna it’s investigating pic.twitter.com/mCDyxojavB